Calling the theft of over $350,000 in District funds by Harry Thomas Jr. a “betrayal of the public trust,” a judge today sentenced the former Ward 5 councilmember to more than three years in federal prison. more ›

In a statement, Mayor Vince Gray said he was "deeply disappointed" by Harry Thomas, Jr.'s actions. more ›

Disgraced former Ward 5 councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr. was sentenced to 38 months in prison today for stealing over $350,000 in city funds and using them for a luxury SUV, trips to exotic locales and other personal expenses. more ›

It's the day before disgraced former Ward 5 councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr. will be sentenced for his theft of $350,000 of city funds, and the jostling over how much time he should serve continues. more ›

Former Ward 5 Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. could spend nearly four years in prison when he is sentenced Thursday for stealing more than $353,000 from a District program earmarked for youth sports. more ›

William Shelton, a former Ward 5 ANC commissioner who spent $28,000 of city funds on himself, was sentenced today to 30 days in jail and 150 days of home confinement, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney for D.C. more ›

Former Ward 5 councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr. is paying back the money he stole from D.C.—albeit slowly. more ›

Disgraced former Ward 5 councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr. stole over $350,000 from the District, and it doesn't look like the city will be getting that back anytime soon. more ›

Tim Day, the man responsible for bringing down disgraced Ward 5 councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr., has said that he'll jump into the race to fill Thomas' seat. more ›

The race to fill the Ward 5 seat on the D.C. Council once held by Harry Thomas, Jr. is off, and just about everyone is getting involved. more ›

Today the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics declares the Ward 5 seat once held by Harry Thomas, Jr. vacant, clearing the way for a special election expected to happen on May 15. more ›

The amount stolen may be lower, but the crime and provenance of the elected official committing it is the same. more ›

Though he pleaded guilty to two federal crimes and gave up his Ward 5 seat on the D.C. Council late last week, Harry Thomas, Jr. hasn't technically left office. That was one of the surprising takeaways from a crowded meeting in Ward 5 last night to discuss a special election to replace Thomas. more ›

While fêting the opening of The Hamilton, a hulking restaurant and music venue at 14th and F streets NW, Mayor Vince Gray, D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown and Councilmember Vincent Orange (D-At Large) answered—briefly, at least—questions about another item on the District's menu. more ›

Former Ward 5 Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. made a guest appearance of sorts on Saturday Night Live this weekend when a Weekend Update commentator played by Fred Armisen propped up a copy of Saturday's issue of the Post. more ›

Morning, D.C. Looks like another sunny, uncharacteristically warm day awaits us. Mitt Romney soars through another GOP debate, Northern Virginia fights devolution, the D.C. Madam's attorney runs for president, and more news of the day. more ›

The D.C. Council could take Harry Thomas, Jr.'s name off of the office directory and website, but it won't be as easy to exorcise some of the demons his corruption have revealed. more ›

Following the resignation of Harry Thomas Jr. from the D.C. Council, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton said she'd like to see a special election in Ward 5 happen the same day as the District's primary votes, but that an anonymous senator is holding up her bill that would make it possible. more ›

The U.S. attorney and other federal officials involved in the investigation into former Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. took a victory lap at a press conference Friday afternoon. more ›

Shortly after pleading guilty to charges that he stole $353,500 from District coffers and filed false tax returns, former Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr., who stepped down last night from the Ward 5 seat once held by his father, read a brief statement outside the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. more ›

"Guilty as charged, your honor" was all that former D.C. Councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr. (D-Ward 5) had to say at a hearing in federal court this morning, bringing to a swift close a political and legal saga that has convulsed his ward and the District's political class at large over the last year. more ›

After a day on which he was charged with two federal crimes, Councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr. (D-Ward 5) resigned the seat he had held since first being elected in 2006. more ›

Two of the strongest provisions of a new D.C. ethics bill likely won't go into effect until later this year, if not early 2013. more ›

UPDATED: After a day of conjecture and confusion as to Councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr.'s (D-Ward 5) fate yesterday, today federal prosecutors charged him with theft and filing a false tax return. more ›

It's the ultimate irony -- even if he resigns, Councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr. (D-Ward 5) will keep denying his constituents effective representation and keep costing the District taxpayers money. more ›

At the Wilson Building this morning Mayor Vince Gray and members of the D.C. Council were peppered with questions about reports that Ward 5 Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. is preparing to resign. more ›

In news that's likely to lead the day, WUSA9 reported late last night that embattled Councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr. (D-Ward 5) has told close confidantes and colleagues that he'll resign as part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors over $300,000 in city funds he allegedly used on personal expenses like a luxury SUV and travel. more ›

The D.C. Council approved a sweeping ethics reform package today that would establish a new Board of Ethics and Government Accountability, tighten transparency requirements for elected officials, bar felons from running for office, strengthen oversight of city employees, and give the attorney general the power to charge elected officials accused of ethical offenses. more ›

Councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr. (D-Ward 5) may make $125,000 a year as a member of the D.C. Council, but not much of that is staying in his bank account. more ›

As we wrote yesterday, there's really not much that the D.C. Council can do about Councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr. (D-Ward 5). A meeting between councilmembers only further proved that point. more ›